The Deputy Ranking Member on the Education Committee of Parliament Dr. Clement Apaak has dared Vice President Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia to provide the names of all the schools said to be connected to government's free Wifi programme.
His challenge follows a revelation by Dr. Bawumia that about 80% of all secondary schools in the country have access to free Wi-fi.
The Vice President who was speaking on Asempa FM's Ekosiisen on Wednesday said the policy is aimed at improving education, research and knowledge acquisition at the secondary school level, hence its implementation by government.
Dr. Bawumia Publish Names and Locations of 80% of SHS Connected To Wi-Fi. Ghana has a total number of 721 Senior High...
Posted by Clement Apaak on Wednesday, September 30, 2020
Dr Bawumia further said all 260 District Education Offices and 46 Colleges of Education in the country are also beneficiaries of the system.
“We promised to provide free Wifi to our secondary schools and thankfully, the Education Minister, Dr Matthew Opoku Prempeh and the Communications Minister Ursula Owusu-Ekuful have worked very hard on this.
"I really salute them for this because at least 80% of all our Senior High Schools have now been connected to free Wifi, that is the data we have,” he said.
But the MP for Builsa South insists Ghanaians have a right to verify the claims by the Vice President.
Taking to his Facebook post, Dr. Apaak said since Ghana has a total number of 721 Senior High Schools, 80% of the number will mean 577 SHSs have wi-fi as alleged by the Vice President.
He is, therefore, calling for the names and locations of these schools to be made public.
"Is it wrong to ask Vice President Bawumia to furnish the good people of Ghana with the names and locations of the 577 out of the total of 721 Senior High Schools in Ghana connected to WiFi?
"To ensure further public verification of Vice President Dr Mahamudu Bawumia's "revelation" that 80% of Senior High Schools across the country have received free Wi-Fi connections sponsored by the government, it would also be further helpful to know the names of the 144 Senior High Schools yet to get Wi-Fi.
"We have a right to verify the claims made by the Vice President on Asempa FM’s Ekosiisen show Wednesday, September 30th, 2020," he wrote.
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